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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Guildford Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,425 approved · 854 refused · 234 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Apr 2023 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Oakhill Cottage, Pitland Street, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6PD
Received 15 Jan 202552 Ashenden Road, Guildford, GU2 7XD
Received 15 Jan 2025Littlecroft, 21 Guildown Road, Guildford, GU2 4ET
Received 14 Jan 2025Farnham Road Hospital, Farnham Road, Guildford, GU2 7LX
Received 15 Jan 2025Friars Gorse, 22 Queen Street, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9LU
Received 15 Jan 2025Romelli, Ockham Road North, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6NL
Received 16 Jan 202525 Curlew Gardens, Guildford, GU4 7DY
Received 16 Jan 2025Field Cottage, Bluebell Lane, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6RH
Received 16 Jan 2025Land At West Hall, Parvis Road, West Byfleet, Surrey
Received 16 Jan 2025Weir downstream along Tillingbourne River and near Mud Wood, Shalford Road, Guildford, GU4
Received 15 Jan 202545 Carfax Avenue, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1BD
Received 16 Jan 202512 Orchard Way, Send, Woking, GU23 7HS
Received 16 Jan 2025St Peter And St Paul's Church, The Street, West Clandon
Received 16 Jan 202520 Beechcroft Drive, Guildford, GU2 7SA
Received 17 Jan 2025Arcandy, Westwood Lane, Normandy, Guildford, GU3 2JG
Received 17 Jan 202511 North Side, The Cardinals, Tongham, Farnham, GU10 1EA
Received 17 Jan 202514A Woodbridge Road, Guildford, GU1 1DY
Received 16 Jan 2025Stag Hill House, University Of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7TW
Received 17 Jan 2025Oakland Farm, Green Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PQ
Received 16 Jan 202541 Addison Road, Guildford, GU1 3QQ
Received 20 Jan 202514 Merrow Woods, Guildford, GU1 2LH
Received 20 Jan 2025Chantry, Boughton Hall Avenue, Send, Woking, GU23 7DD
Received 20 Jan 202559 High Path Road, Guildford, GU1 2QL
Received 20 Jan 202531 Longmead, Guildford, GU1 2HN
Received 20 Jan 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Guildford Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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